| |  | Mooncake Foods | | | “This sweet little spot off the beaten Soho path marries diner prices and decor with the hominess of a Shanghai mom's cooking.” —nymag | | Cuisine: Asian (Southeast), Asian |
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| | | | | | This is the Monday Opening Report, a regular feature that provides the precise status of venues. As per standard operating procedure around here, your contributions are so very welcome. 1) Park Slope: TONY reported last week on the opening of Lookout Hill Smokehouse in the old Biscuit BBQ space. Th... Read More | | | | | | I had wanted to eat lunch at the original location back in October 2007 but for some reason, they weren’t open when I got there. They were to open an hour later but unfortunately, I had another engagement. Flash fwd to 3 weeks ago, when a friend told me that another branch opened near my office. I g... Read More | | | | | | Thu walks east, we walk west and we meet at Mooncake Foods. The staff is super friendly but hurried, between the sit-in lunches and to-go orders, the food takes a little while in coming. Pan-Asian food can be sketchy but our meals at Mooncake have been relatively decent while somewhat heavy on the ... Read More | | | | | | Name: Charlotte Druckman Occupation: Freelance journalist Borough: Manhattan Relationship status: free as a bird What did you eat today? Sesame-banana cake from Birdbath bakery; Greek yogurt with honey from Honey Gardens Apiaries in Vermont (so very good) and blueberry granola; two glasses... Read More | | | | | | Ed Levine at SE World HQ.Serious Eats mastermind Ed Levine jokes that his interest in food probably started because “when I came out of the womb I was hungry,” and Ruth Reichl once dubbed him “Missionary of the Delicious,” but Levine’s career didn’t always revolve around food. He wrote about jazz a... Read More | | | | | | My lunch buddy and I were lured to this place by the promise of $1 fried chicken. We usually meet up once a week for Mooncake Foods or Shady Lunch Counter, both of which are cheap lunch options. The Good $1 Fried Chicken people! Each thigh/breast is a buck. Also for $1: 2 wings, 8 chicken livers, 1... Read More | | | | | | From Serious Eats: New York Cheeseburger in spring roll form. Photograph by Front Studio The cheeseburger spring rolls are the highlight at the newly opened Delicatessen [Lunch Studio] The heirloom cauliflower dish at Gramercy Tavern is amazing [The Wandering Eater] The miso glazed ... Read More | | | | | | In my quest to complete both Village Voice and NY Mag lists, as referenced in the subtitle of this blog, I have noticed a significant discrepancy in the lists’ conception of both “cheap” and “good.” On the one hand, NY Mag is responsible for sending me to the bizarre yet interesting Hong Kong Stati... Read More | | | |
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